Kreola - Matte Painting Challenge

My entry to CG Talk matte painting competition. Results coming up in few days. Check out the comp site here: All entires

I' Frankenstein

My involvement in 'I, Frankenstein' included production of matte paintings, textures and camera projections. Attached is the link to the trailer . I will share the individual work and break downs once the movie is released. The very first shot when Gideon shoots through the cathedral ceiling uses matte paint I worked on.

Sydney Opera and Harbour Bridge

Couple of shots taken during our trip to Sydney in August. I know, I know : cheesy...still, gotta love this spot! We were lucky to get on the ferry back from Manly at the golden hour right when harbour bridge was casing its shadow on the Opera, magical!

Nikon D600, 24-70 1:2.8G, Lightroom

Digital Tutors Training

I have just finished a tutorial that will take you through process of creation a concept art of apocalyptic ancient city. The training will be hosted on Digital Tutors website so please check it out if you would like to learn some of the techniques I use while creating digital art. You will be taken through the process from setting up Photoshop file, through digital painting, adding atmosphere, incorporation of stock photography and using custom Photoshop brushes. The attached image is the final result of the course. I will post an update once training appears online.

META - UI Concepts

I had the opportunity to help in development of applications concept art and user interface components of a very promising product - META Augmented Reality 3D Glasses. They are receiving lot of attention at the moment and I believe the product will revolutionize the virtual reality standards. Please check out their presentation here - https://www.spaceglasses.com/

Creation of the artwork attached is based on description of apps only. Specific situations photography is used as background combined it with 3d elements prepared in 3d Max. Photoshop treatment followed that step which included design of UI , superimposing content elements displayed within the glasses as well as special lighting effects of the interface. List of 'Killer Apps' can be found here together with the public applications popularity poll: https://www.spaceglasses.com/killer_apps

In total there were 15 pieces produced.

Wild West Matte Painting

A young talented film maker from Czech Republic recently asked me to help him out with a matte painting for his short film he is currently working on.
His name is Bohdan Zajčenko and this is the trailer of the film : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGMOhQmOgCk
Here is what I came up with for him - the brief was to have a damaged church behind the shooters and in the background western american landscape. It took 3 days to complete and around 10 photographs were used. Break up coming up in my 2013 reel.

Life drawing at No Vacancy Gallery

Recently we were introduced to a cool group of enthusiastic artists who every week organize life drawing sessions at No Vacancy Gallery http://no-vacancy.com.au/lifedrawing.html
We loved it and will try to join as much as we can. Here are the results of the first session.
Some poses would take only 30 seconds some 2-3 minutes and the last few 15 min each - the attached examples are from 15 min exercises where there was just enough time to include some lighting information.